**** DONE: 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.3 - Jet/Recon/Transport GB

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks for looking in folks and here they are, just a couple of pics to tempt your pallet. I did manage to lose the reflector somewhere along the line, but no worries, well just make another one………….later.

Now to get down to sort out the panelling and detailing.

 

[tigerdriver]

thats looking very nice

the meteor has such an odd wing shilouette, can only think of the canberra thats similar

 

[Wayne Little]

the meteor has such an odd wing shilouette, can only think of the canberra thats similar

Baby brother...

Done Good Vic!

 

[rochie]

looks great Vic

 

[N4521U]

Smaht!

 

[meatloaf109]

Looking sharp!

 

[destrozas]

nice

 

[Airframes]

Looks the biz Vic.

 

[ccheese]

Looks great Vic, but tell me. Do you free hand your camo, or use tape or bubble gum, or such ?

Charles

 

[Crimea_River]

Like the look of that Vic.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks great Vic, but tell me. Do you free hand your camo, or use tape or bubble gum, or such ?

Charles

I cut out the camo shapes from an enlarged copy of the kit plan, though in this case they actually provided one. The I stick them down with Blu Tack sausages backed up with masking tape to fill holes or paper overlap. Then spraying is done at a slight angle from the paper side before moving to a right angle spray. That's the theory anyway.

 

[Wayne Little]

In practice looks like you nailed it vic!

 

[meatloaf109]

I agree!

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice Vic!

 

[woody]

Nice paint work Vic.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks for that folks, your comments are very much appreciated, I just love'em……

Pushed on a bit today though not without the odd hik'-up or two. Actually started to scribble out a list of things to do today but the mind suddenly when blank.

Almost made a big Boo-Boo, realising as I was sorting out to do decals that these first UK jets were still in the WWII camouflage which means a yellow leading edge on the outer wings. I checked references and 'Oh my' nearly missed that one. Being yellow and having recently seen so real good colouring by Charles, Glenn and Bill, I just had to do the white backing before the yellow. Actually I did a cream first to blot out the camo markings, then white and then yellow.

That done I fixed in the engines and jet pipes and started to decal.

I got this far and realised that I should do my nave lights first, so it was down decal tolls and sort out some nave light material.

Will clean this back and polish it tomorrow along with the port light which I have yet to make.

 

[Tony Hill]

Nice stuff Vic..just read the whole thread. love your work!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks a bunch Darryl, you must be a very patient man putting up with my warbling.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nothing wrong with that Vic, great work mate!

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Vic.